DinoDex

Holotype

BSPG 1912 VIII 19

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

Open the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus profile

Facts

Catalog number
BSPG 1912 VIII 19
Institution
Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG)
Year found
1912
Found by
Richard Markgraf
Locality
Gebel el Dist, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt
Formation
Bahariya Formation

Images

Holotype bones of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus as figured by Ernst Stromer (1915); the originals were destroyed in Munich in 1944.Image credit: Ernst Stromer, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsPublic domainSource (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Holotype: BSPG 1912 VIII 19

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Holotype: BSPG 1912 VIII 19
RegionState
SkullUnknown / not recorded
MandiblePartial · Dentary fragments.
TeethPartial
Cervical vertebraePartial
Dorsal vertebraePartial · With the tall neural spines of the sail.
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
RibsPartial
GastraliaPartial
Scapula / shoulder girdleUnknown / not recorded
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Unknown / not recorded
Hand (manus)Unknown / not recorded
PelvisUnknown / not recorded
FemurUnknown / not recorded
Tibia / fibulaUnknown / not recorded
Foot (pes)Unknown / not recorded

Excavation history

Collected by Richard Markgraf in 1912 at Bahariya Oasis for Ernst Stromer, who described it in 1915. Destroyed in April 1944 when Allied bombing hit the Munich museum; only Stromer's descriptions and photographs survive.

All specimens